Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday launched an unusual plan to establish a second corporate headquarters in North America, signaling the online retail giant’s growth ambitions for the years ahead and setting off a race among local and state governments hoping to win it over.

Amazon said it was soliciting proposals for a new campus location, which eventually could result in the company investing more than $5 billion and creating up to...

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